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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Dude, We Bought a House.

Life changes are afoot! Jeff and I have been in the process of buying, um, a house. We closed on it yesterday, and then we bought a car for good measure! We're moving to Beacon, NY, as of next week. I'm a little overwhelmed right now and not really in the best blogging state of mind, so things may be a bit quiet here.

My plans for the next couple weeks consist of: 1) staying sane while packing up our little Queens apartment, 2) sewing curtains and pillows with the garment fabrics I have on hand, 3) purchasing the washer/dryer of my dreams, and 4) blogging as much (or as little) as I can.

Things are changing, but not too much. I'll still be here, and I'll still be teaching at The Sewing Studio in New York City. (Want to help a girl pay her mortgage? I still offer private lessons!) When I set up my new studio in the new house, I'll be back to sewing my usual stuff.

Readers, I'm so excited. Jeff and I have wanted this for a while. And it's happening! Thankfor your support; it means the world to me to get your nice comments and emails every day.

Congratulations, hope your move goes smoothly and safely and that you soon have a lovely sewing space set up. (I agree with poppykettle - your house looks very cute and distinctively American to me too!)

That's awesome. We bought our first house in 2006 and were so scared. The mortgage was huge and we were wondering how it would all work out. Well 6 years later that is the least of our worries. In time you make more money and your mortgage stays the same. It's a good thing. And it's fun decorating and renovating.

Congratulations Gertie! You are an inspiration and you deserve the best in life. Anyone paying attention can see that good things happen to good people-who work their asses off!?! I can't wait to see what happens for you next. Thanks

I've been reading your blog for a while and finally have to comment because *I* live in Beacon. It's a great little town - I've been here about 2 years and I love it. There's a fairly substantial fiber community mixed in with all the artists and glassblowers as well. Congrats and welcome to the neighborhood!

Congrats on the new house! There's nothing like having your own place. My favorite moment when we first moved in was banging in a nail at 1 a.m. cuz I didn't have to worry about bothering the neighbors. ;-)

The cats will enjoy exploring all the new spaces and playing in the boxes.

Wow, there's another Samina commenting on your blog? Too cool! Congratulations on the new house! The cats will love all the windows & you'll love being able to do laundry in your place at whatever time you want to. Best wishes!

Congratulations! It is so beautiful up around the Beacon area; you are going to love it. I used to live in Upper Westchester County and still miss it. You'll have to get used to driving everywhere, though; it takes a bit of adjustment!

Congratulations! The kitties will be fine. Just put some of their familiar-smelling (to them) things around. Plus regularity in their feeding- same food, same time- can go a long ways. They'll probably enjoy exploring the new digs. Enjoy feathering your new nest! (Oops; sorry, Kitties!)

I am BEYOND excited for you that closing went well and you're on the move!! Can't wait to see the new sewing space--nothing like vicarious decoration and equipment arranging from a distance, am I right? GET THAT WASHER. You're going to need it, what with the new dog and all. Also: GET THE WASHER. Because it's awesome (and totally worth the price of the house). Yay!

Congrats on the purchase, we bought our first house last year and moved a week after having our baby. I've only just gotten around to sewing the curtains! It's so much fun to be able to put your own touches on a place. Beats renting that's for sure :)

Wow!! Congratulations! It is a luxury to do your own laundry in your own house! BTW, I have the electrolux front loader, which I love. I only wish I had gotten the tropical blue version... The cats will love sitting on a warm dryer - at least mine do.

That's wonderful news! Funny, we've done just the opposite: left the house and sold the car for an apartment in the city :) In fact, I saw you leaving the subway station a few weeks back! You were wearing your lovely turquoise coat, but I didn't notice until we were going in opposite directions and it just didn't seem like the right time to say hi. Anyway, good luck to you, Jeff and the kitties! I've been to Dia, that part of NY is so charming.

How exciting for you all! Hope your house is full of warmth & love & happiness ... and we look forward to seeing pics of suitably copious quantities of bubbly liquids being consumed in celebration of moving day being over :)

The cats are going to love the new washer and dryer. Ours still sit transfixed by the washer while it runs. Congrats on the house! Hopefully you have plenty of room for sewing, cooking, gardening to display more of your domestic goddess-ness.

Congrats! We are under contract for a house as of this past Sunday - but ours has yet to be built, so we don't move until this summer. I'm envious of your laundry room-to-be, because I'm still trying to convince my husband that our 12 year-old set needs to be replaced, but since we have to buy a new refrigerator (the house doesn't come with one) I'll have to wait. Can't wait to see how you decorate - make sure you post pics for us, please!

Congratz on the new house, can't wait to see pics of the new sewing room!

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Congrats, Gertie! Now you're in my neck of the woods (I'm in Pleasant Valley). Commuting to the city can be fun--hope you have lots of portable sewing projects or sewing books to read on the train. I did it for 8 years before settling once again in my childhood home of Dutchess County full time. Best of luck to you and Jeff (and the cats).

CONGRATS on the house!! But I am SO VERY SAD that you are moving to Beacon, NY. I just moved from Poughkeepsie,NY to Phoenix, AZ and I would have loved to take a sewing lesson from you. Congrats again and I hope all will be well with the new house!!

Congratulations, Gertie!WOW, I can imagine how excited and happy you must be. A whole house for you to decorate! and it looks wonderful, I hope the area is also nice.I can't wait to see it inside, and your new studio!

The new house looks roomy and cute. I know you will like it. I have an older Kenmore Elite front loader and dryer. No steam.. I love it anyway. I recently washed custom printed fabric from Spoonflower with Sun and Earth no phosphate cleaner on the delicate cycle and the results were great.Regarding the kitties, I have read that one thing you can do is take them to the new house a couple of times before you move to give them a chance to get used to the house before you move.

Oooh, Congratulations! The house is adorable! I remember buying our first house and I loved every second of home ownership. Being able to make all of these decisions on your own was so fun! (OK, so maybe it's not all fun, but most of it was :) )

The picture of your cat made me laugh. It reminded me of moving with out cats. I used to find them hiding out in boxes or perched atop a giant, wobbling stack of them.

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Yay!! I just moved from my little apartment in Brooklyn to a house (far, far away. I moved back home to Georgia). Culture shock aside, having space to stretch and sew is a DREAM. Oh, and my cat has never been happier! Congrats.

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You have got the great choice of house. You can do a lot of your stuff here. As you said you have a best blogging state of mind because of a bit quit there. This house looks big so that enough for your sewing studio.

how exciting! hope you get everything settled in and fixed up quickly and comfily (is that a word? it is now i guess ;) )your designs are beautiful. i wish i livednear you so i could take private sewing lessons!!! :p